Los Angeles City Directory 1933 — 'Murphy Jas (Agnes) buyer J W Robinson Co h4389 [sic] Victoria av'

Los Angeles City Directory 1933 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1933

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Summary

- p. 1330: **Murphy Jas (Agnes), buyer J W Robinson Co, h4389 Victoria av** — printed without the initial J and with house number 4389, a misprint for 4339. - p. 1329: **Murphy Agnes T, clk, r4339 Victoria av**, in the same volume.

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Directory entries

Murphy Jas — buyer J W Robinson Co, r h4389 [sic] Victoria av
= James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 95
(Agnes), r h4389 [sic] Victoria av
= Agnes Kelly Murphy · 95
Murphy Agnes T — clk, r r4339 Victoria av
= Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940) · 95

People — link detail

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: Murphy Jas)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: buyer J W Robinson Co · residence: h4389 [sic] Victoria av
Printed without the J and as 4389; wife Agnes, employer and title as 1930-32 and 1934, and his daughter Agnes T. at 4339 in the same volume.
Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: (Agnes))
role: spouse named in entry · family confidence: 95 certain
residence: h4389 [sic] Victoria av
Wife named in her husband's entry.
Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940)(as printed: Murphy Agnes T)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: clk · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Agnes T. at the family house.

Places

Los Angeles, California (primary)

Story threads

The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

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Transcription

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--- directory: Los Angeles City Directory 1933 publisher: Los Angeles Directory Company year: 1933 pages: ['1330', '1329'] repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml) --- # Los Angeles City Directory 1933 — Murphy household entries Read line by line from the Los Angeles Public Library's 600-dpi page images; LAPL's own OCR text layer garbles several of these lines. A ditto mark (") at the start of a line repeats the surname above it, here MURPHY. Lines marked `=>` are the family's; the others are neighbouring entries, given for context. Every line is shown in `crops/` (a plain crop and a captioned copy). ## p. 1330 — LAPL image 1331 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20190311%2F00000002&pg_seq=1331 ``` " Jas F health food mfr 1903 Rodeo dr => " Jas (Agnes) buyer J W Robinson Co h4389 [sic] Victoria av " Jas J clk P A Frankel ``` ## p. 1329 — LAPL image 1330 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20190311%2F00000002&pg_seq=1330 ``` " Agnes M Mrs clk WUT Co h2072 W 31st => " Agnes T clk r4339 Victoria av " Aileen sten h941 S Kenmore av ``` ## Abbreviations h householder (house) · r resides / rooms · av avenue · dr drive · blvd boulevard · W West · E East · S South · N North · dept mgr department manager · clk clerk · cashr cashier · slsmn salesman · slswn saleswoman · supvr supervisor · serv rep(r) service representative · staff asst staff assistant · sten stenographer · msngr messenger · Co Auditor County Auditor · SCTCo Southern California Telephone Co. · wid widow · jr junior · (name) wife's name · VE VErmont telephone exchange (Kelts).

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